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Robert S. Hill

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
11688
World Ranking
10408
National Ranking
284

Robert S. Hill publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 266 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Robert S. Hill D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert S. Hill sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1975 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Robert S. Hill is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has a research focus spanning multiple aspects of plant biology and paleobotany. Their academic work contributes notably to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The main topics in their research include Plant Diversity and Evolution, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Plants, Australian Journal of Botany, Annals of Botany, and Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, with frequent coauthors being Raees Khan, Kathryn E. Hill, Ed Biffin, Miriam A. Slodownik, and Veit Martin Dörken.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Robert S. Hill cover a range of topics reflecting their research interests:

  • Diversity, Distribution, Systematics and Conservation Status of Podocarpaceae (2023), published in Plants
  • Evolutionary and ecological significance of photosynthetic organs in Phyllocladus (Podocarpaceae) (2020), published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Nitrogen isotopes reveal independent origins of N2-fixing symbiosis in extant cycad lineages (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Fossil evidence for the evolution of the Casuarinaceae in response to low soil nutrients and a drying climate in Cenozoic Australia (2020), published in Australian Journal of Botany
  • Morpho-anatomical affinities and evolutionary relationships of three paleoendemic podocarp genera based on seed cone traits (2021), published in Annals of Botany

Robert S. Hill was recognized with membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1975.

Best Publications

  • The ecology and biogeography of Nothofagus forests

    Thomas T. Veblen;Robert S. Hill;Jennifer Read

  • Clean electricity from photovoltaics

    Mary D Archer;Robert Hill

  • Ecology of the southern conifers

    Neal J. Enright;Robert S. Hill

  • SOUTHERN CONIFERS IN TIME AND SPACE

    Robert S. Hill;Tim J. Brodribb

  • History of the Australian vegetation : cretaceous to recent

    Robert S. Hill

  • CHANGES IN SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES WITHIN THE ADELAIDE METROPOLITAN AREA, AUSTRALIA, 1836–2002

    Catherine J. Tait;Christopher B. Daniels;Robert S. Hill

  • The Preparation and some Properties of Cytochrome f

    H. E. Davenport;Robert Hill

  • Origins of the southeastern Australian vegetation.

    Robert S. Hill

  • The importance of xylem constraints in the distribution of conifer species

    TJ Brodribb;RS Hill

  • A revised infrageneric classification of Nothofagus (Fagaceae)

    Robert S. Hill;Jennifer Read

  • Patterns of Gondwana plant colonisation anddiversification

    J. M. Anderson;H. M. Anderson;S. Archangelsky;M. Bamford;M. Bamford

  • The evolutionary history of Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae)

    RS Hill;GJ Jordan

  • The evolution of the Australian flora: Fossil evidence

    R. S. Hill;E. M. Truswell;S. McLoughlin;M. E. Dettmann

  • The history of selected Australian taxa

    R. S. Hill

  • Fossil plants from the Pliocene Sirius Group, Transantarctic Mountains; evidence for climate from growth rings and fossil leaves

    Jane E. Francis;Robert S. Hill

  • The photosynthetic drought physiology of a diverse group of southern hemisphere conifer species is correlated with minimum seasonal rainfall

    TJ Brodribb;RS Hill

  • Nothofagus Biogeography Revisited with Special Emphasis on the Enigmatic Distribution of Subgenus Brassospora in New Caledonia

    Ulf Swenson;Anders Backlund;Stephen McLoughlin;Robert S. Hill

  • Reconstruction of the Oligocene vegetation at Pioneer, northeast Tasmania

    Robert S. Hill;Michael K. Macphail

  • A method for the estimation of iron in biological material

    Robert Hill

  • The angiosperm-dominated woody vegetation of Antarctica: a review

    Robert S. Hill;Leonie J. Scriven

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory J. Jordan
Gregory J. Jordan University of Tasmania
Timothy J. Brodribb
Timothy J. Brodribb University of Tasmania
Stephen McLoughlin
Stephen McLoughlin Swedish Museum of Natural History
Andrew J. Lowe
Andrew J. Lowe University of Adelaide
Malcolm W. Wallace
Malcolm W. Wallace University of Melbourne
Geoffrey Hope
Geoffrey Hope Australian National University
Maurizio Rossetto
Maurizio Rossetto Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Thomas T. Veblen
Thomas T. Veblen University of Colorado Boulder
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Brian McGowran
Brian McGowran University of Adelaide

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